On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 11:27:30AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote: > On 13 Mar 2026, at 11:15, Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 10:11:12AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote: > >> On 12 Mar 2026, at 7:40, Chunyu Hu wrote: > >> > >>> When thp is not enabled on some kernel config such as realtime kernel, the > >>> test will report failure. Fix the false positive by skipping the test > >>> directly when thp is not enabled. > >>> > >>> There's a naming conflict on write_file() function, both thp_settings.h > >>> and > >>> split_huge_page_test.c define it. To make use of thp_is_enabled() helper > >>> in > >>> the thp_settings.h, rename this local write_file to safe_write_file to > >>> avoid the conflict. The reason to use 'safe_' is it does some error check. > >> > >> Both write_file() do safe checks. Actually the code of both functions looks > >> almost identical except that the thp_settings one does exit() instead of > >> ksft_exit_fail_msg(). > >> > >> Can you rename the split_huge_page_test’s write_file() to > >> write_file_local() > >> and add a comment above the function like > >> /* add _local to avoid a function conflict with thp_settings.h */? > > > > Looks like we can move the version that uses ksft_exit_fail_msg() to > > vm_util and drop the other one. > > Could work. > > tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c uses the write_file() from > thp_settings.h in file_setup_area(), which is part of struct mem_ops. > I thought struct mem_ops was passed to some syscall, but it turns out > that it is used locally. The only downside is that file_setup_area() now > has this ksefltest friendly code. Someone might want to clean up > tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c with kselftests APIs. :)
Yes please :) With Mike's suggestion, LGTM so: Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <[email protected]> > > > > > >> With that, feel free to add: > >> > >> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]> > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >>> > >>> Tested with thp disabled kernel: > >>> Before The fix: > >>> # -------------------------------------------------- > >>> # running ./split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_Ywup9p > >>> # -------------------------------------------------- > >>> # TAP version 13 > >>> # Bail out! Reading PMD pagesize failed > >>> # # Totals: pass:0 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0 > >>> # [FAIL] > >>> not ok 61 split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_Ywup9p # exit=1 > >>> > >>> After the fix: > >>> # -------------------------------------------------- > >>> # running ./split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_YHPUPl > >>> # -------------------------------------------------- > >>> # TAP version 13 > >>> # 1..0 # SKIP Transparent Hugepages not available > >>> # [SKIP] > >>> ok 6 split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_YHPUPl # SKIP > >>> > >>> CC: Li Wang <[email protected]> > >>> Signed-off-by: Chunyu Hu <[email protected]> > >>> --- > >>> tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 9 +++++++-- > >>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c > >>> b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c > >>> index e0167111bdd1..615b75ca62cc 100644 > >>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c > >>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c > >>> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ > >>> #include <time.h> > >>> #include "vm_util.h" > >>> #include "kselftest.h" > >>> +#include "thp_settings.h" > >>> > >>> uint64_t pagesize; > >>> unsigned int pageshift; > >>> @@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ static int check_after_split_folio_orders(char > >>> *vaddr_start, size_t len, > >>> return status; > >>> } > >>> > >>> -static void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen) > >>> +static void safe_write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t > >>> buflen) > >>> { > >>> int fd; > >>> ssize_t numwritten; > >>> @@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ static void write_debugfs(const char *fmt, ...) > >>> if (ret >= INPUT_MAX) > >>> ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: Debugfs input is too long\n", __func__); > >>> > >>> - write_file(SPLIT_DEBUGFS, input, ret + 1); > >>> + safe_write_file(SPLIT_DEBUGFS, input, ret + 1); > >>> } > >>> > >>> static char *allocate_zero_filled_hugepage(size_t len) > >>> @@ -772,6 +773,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) > >>> ksft_finished(); > >>> } > >>> > >>> + if (!thp_is_enabled()) { > >>> + ksft_exit_skip("Transparent Hugepages not available\n"); > >>> + } > >>> + > >>> if (argc > 1) > >>> optional_xfs_path = argv[1]; > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 2.53.0 > >> > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Yan, Zi > > > > -- > > Sincerely yours, > > Mike. > > > Best Regards, > Yan, Zi

